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Crypto Lending Firm Ledn to Acquire Canadian Fund Manager Arxnovum

With the deal, Ledn will be able to offer more types of investments.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)

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Crypto Trading Platform Provider WonderFi to Offer Equities Next Year Through Bitbuy Unit

WonderFi purchased Bitbuy in January for $161.8 million in cash and shares.

Bitbuy President Dean Skurka, WonderFi strategic investor Kevin O'Leary and WonderiFi CEO Ben Samaroo (WonderFi)

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Canadian Digital Asset Brokerages Coinsquare and CoinSmart to Merge

The combined company will have more than $350 million in assets and and north of 1 million customers.

Coin Metrics is teaming up with Two Sigma to make crypto trading easier for institutions. (marchmeena29/Getty Images)

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Attacks Opposition for Recommending Bitcoin as Inflation Hedge

Earlier this year, Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, said he supports bitcoin as an inflation-beating asset.

Canadian regulators are working with their U.S. counterparts in investigating crypto lender Celsius Network. (Chris Robert/Unsplash)

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The Conservative Party of Canada Elects Pro-Bitcoin Leader Pierre Poilievre as Party Head

Pierre Poilievre won the leadership race by a landslide and plans to make Canada the “blockchain capital of the world.”

Canada's Parliament (Flickr/Reading Tom)

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Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinberry Files Lawsuit Against 50 Users After Losing 120 BTC

A software error involving Canadian dollar transfers allowed users to siphon 120 bitcoins without paying in 2020.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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Canadian Crypto Marketplace WonderFi Files for Nasdaq Listing

The move is part of the Canadian company's plan to expand globally by making its shares available to wider group of investors.

The WonderFi team, including a cardboard cutout of Kevin O'Leary, at the firm's recent uplisting to the Toronto Stock Exchange. (WonderFi)

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Canadian Bank Regulator Details Crypto Liquidity, Backing Rules

Canada joins U.S. and European authorities in explaining how its supervised entities can engage with crypto.

(Jason Hafso/Unsplash)

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Canadian Pension Giant Caisse Writes Off $150M Bet on Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius

Quebec-based Caisse said Wednesday it had acted "too soon" in entering the sector.

Thermometer (Getty Images)

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What Bear Market? Canada’s Largest Blockchain Conference Beamed With Bullish Energy

The main takeaway from the Blockchain Futurist Conference was that spirits are high despite the crypto winter.

Vitalik Buterin speaks at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)